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wasn’t born yesterday, you know.是吗？我可不是三岁的 小孩子，.你知道的。there’s one born every ‘minute

(soy/ng) used to say that sb is very stupid 总有那种傻瓜 —more at know v., manner, way n. m adj. [only before noun] having a natural ability or skill for a particular activity or job 天生（有某方面；f 能）的：a bom atWete/writer/leader天生的运动员/作家/领袖◊ a bom loser (= a person who always loses or is unsuc- cessful)永远的失败者

,born-a'gain adj. [usually before noun] having come to have a strong belief in a particular religion (especially evangelical Christianity) or idea，and wanting other people to have the same belief (宗教等信仰上）再生 的；（尤指基督教徒）重生的：a born-again Christian 皈依基督教的人◊ a born-again vegetarian开始信仰素食 的人

borne /bo:n; NAmE bo:m/ 1 pp of bear 2 -borne (in adjectives _成形容词）carried by由…携带的： waterborne diseases由水备染的疾病 boron /'boirDn; NAmE -rain/ noun [U] [symb B) a chem­ical element. Boron is a solid substance used in making steel alloys and parts for nuclear reactors •硼 borough /'bAra; NAmE 'b3：rou/ noun a town or part of a city that has its own local government 自治击镇； (城市）行政区：the JLondon borough 〇/Westminster 伦 敦的威斯敏斯特自治市◊ The Bronx is one 〇/ the月ve boroughs 〇/New Ybrfc.布朗克斯是纽约市的五个行政区之 一。◊ a borough counci/自治镇政务会 bor-row CHw /'bDrau; NAmE 'ba:rou; 'bo:r-/ verb 1 [VN] ~ sth (from sb/sth) to take and use sth that belongs to sb else, and return it to them at a later time ’借；借用：Can J borrow your umbreHa?借你的伞用一 下行吗？ ◊ Members can borrow up to ten books_/h>m the W?ra/y at any one rime.会员在图书馆每次最多可借十本 书。— compare lend(1) 2 ~ (sth) (from sb/sth) to take money from a person or bank and agree to pay it back to them at a later time借入（款项）；（向…）借贷： [VN] She borrowed £2 000 介om her parents.她向也的 父借了 2 000 英镑。◊ [V] J don’t Wee to borrow fiends•我不喜欢南朋友借钱。一compare lend(2) 3 〜（sth) (from sb/sthj to take words, ideas, etc. from another language, person, etc. and use them, as your own引用，借用（思想、言语等）：[V] The author borrows heavily 户*om JFfemy James.那位作家大量引用 亨利•詹姆斯沾作品。◊ [VN] Some musicaZ terms are borrowed from ftah'an.某些音乐术语是从意大利语引入 的。be (living) on borrowed time 1 to still be alive after the time when you were expected to die 活过寿限；大限已近 2 to be doing sth that other people are likely to soon stop you from doing 做很快就会遭到 制止的事

WHICH WORD?词语辨析 borrow ♦ lend

These two words are often confused. You borrow something from someone else, while they lend it to you.这两个词常被混淆，猎入用borrow，借出角 lend： Can I borrow your pen? o Can I borrow a pen /ramyoi/?我可以借甬你沾钢笔鸣？    Were,./’// /em/.yotz

mype/?.喏，我把钢笔借给你。

bor-row-er /'bDraua(r); NAmE 'bairou-; 'bo:r-/ noun a person or an organization that borrows money, espe­cially from a bank 借款人； 借方 —compare lender borrow-ing /'bDraurrj; NAmE 'bairoum; 'bo:r-/ noun 1 [C, U] the money that a company, an organization or a person borrows; the act of borrowing money 借款； 贷款；借贷：an attempt to reduce banfc borrowings 减少行借贷的努力◊ High hterest rates he中 to fceep borrowing down.高利率有助于控制借贷。2 [d • a word, a phrase or an idea that sb has taken from another person’s work or from another language and used in their own借用的言语（或思想等）